Readers sound off on vaccine skeptics, a Jan. 6 commission and subway pushers

Miami: A cartoon is supposed to be funny. It may certainly anger some who are opposed to what is being caricatured, and it may be controversial. What it is not supposed to be is offensive, which is what happens when established racial stereotypes are portrayed (Asians with big teeth, Blacks with exaggerated lips or mob-like features). An article, even an opinion piece, is supposed to be informative, clarifying and, above all, detached. Impartiality is at the core of the press’s mission. Starting a news article with, “A mayoral candidate who failed to vote in several local elections, decamped to upstate New York during the height of the COVID pandemic, and who recently named the Times Square subway station his favorite among all underground New York City stops” is cheap writing (“Boo-hoo, Andrew,” May 26). It is a pity that the Daily News has forgotten its mission and journalistic standards. Maria Beatriz Martinez